5HL007: EXPLORING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
DEMENTIA
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
The Chosen Mental Health Condition—Dementia in UK    3
Definition    4
Multi-Disciplinary Approaches    5
Diverse Nature of Determinants    7
Policy, Legislative Directives and Research    9
Conclusion    10
References    12
Introduction
As family members, volunteers and nursing professionals are actively involved in the care process of the elderly people, such as those aged 60 or over, they make significant contributions to society. Many older adults with chronic of developing psychiatric illnesses, neurodegenerative problems or drug use issues, as well as some other medical conditions such as diabetes, hearing problems and osteoporosis, while most have strong mental health. As mentioned by Livingston et al. (2017), dementia is a condition, typically chronic or recu
ent in nature, in which memory, perception, behaviour and the capacity to perform activities deteriorate. It affects the elderly mostly, although it is not a common part of ageing.
As stated by Clarkson et al. (2017), fifty million people around the world are estimated to occur with dementia, with almost 60 per cent living in low- and middle-income nations. As mentioned by Clarkson et al. (2017), the estimated number of dementia sufferers expected to grow to 82 million in 2030 and 155 million in 2050, respectively. In terms of direct and indirect quality of healthcare, social and social treatment people with dementia, there are major social and economic problems. In addition, for families and carers, physical, emotional and economic stresses may trigger great stress. For both individuals with dementia and their careers, help is required from the health, social, legal and financial systems.
The Chosen Mental Health Condition—Dementia in UK
Dementia is a general term for memory problems, problem-solving, language and other thinking skills that are sufficiently severe to tamper with everyday life. The most common form of disability is Alzheimer. Dementia is the deficit of cognitive functioning and behavioural abilities, going to think, memorising and thought process, to such a limited extend that it works by interfering with the daily life activities of a person. Memory, language abilities, sensory perceptions, issue solving, self-management and the capacity to remember information are all included in these functions.
Some dementia patients are not able to control their feelings and they may modify their personality traits. As indicated by World Health Organization (2018), Dementia ranges in intensity from the least severe stage, when it just starts to affect the ability to function of a person, to one of the most serious conditions, when the individual must rely entirely on others for basic minimum activities. When once active neurons (nerve cells) throughout the
ain stop functioning, lose connexions with other
ain cells and dies, signs and symptoms of dementia result. Although everyone loses the functionality of certain neurons as they age, there are much greater losses for people with dementia.
While dementia is more frequent as people grow older (there could be some sort of dementia in up to half of the population aged 85 years or older), it is not a natural part of ageing. Without any symptoms of dementia, many people are living into their 90s and far beyond. Cahill (2018) has explained that mental disorder may manifest the same dementia symptoms in several ways and vice versa. While there are many parallels between the two, there are some other important distinctions. Due to the impact on the
ain, when we think of dementia, we conceive of it as a mental disorder. However, in order to make a co
ect diagnosis, there are some major discrepancies between dementia and other mental disorders, which must be addressed individually. Mental wellbeing impaired by dementia, but it is not a mental illness.
Definition
A main concern of individuals living with Alzheimer's and their primary caregivers is often going to face stigma. Because of the misconceptions and assumptions, people have regarding the disease, those who have the illness report being mistaken. As informed by Goudsmit et al. (2017), stigma with the use of derogatory marks to classify an individual with a disability or illness. In part, because there is no public awareness and comprehensive understanding of the disease, there is stigma around Alzheimer's disease, preventing people from seeking medical attention, getting an early, evaluation or any diagnosis at all.
As explained by Tyler (2018), maintaining the better quality of life while they can do so, planning for their future, benefiting from treatment options, establishing a support group and engaging in clinical trials. Alzheimer's disease research is also affected by stereotyping and lack of knowledge. Moreover, as the cost of treatment for Alzheimer's disease is considerably higher, the state encourages Alzheimer's studies at lower rates than other diseases. Stigma can also be encountered by patients and family members. Spill over stigma explains how well the stigma associated with diseases affects individuals who do not have Dementia. It also affects people who, including such caregivers, experience close social similarity to those who have the disease. It could also include people who have a situation that is different and yet similar.
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ons and Birks (2016) have informed that the stigma attributed to dementia may spill over into the lives of people with Mild Cognitive Impairment, in particular. Individuals will experience much of the same emotional and cultural effects as individuals with dementia as an outcome of spill over stigma. Lion et al. (2020) have explained that researchers have hypothesised that, as it could be in African American societies, the more normative aspect of caregiving in Eastern cultures may be protecting against distress. Richardson et al. (2019) have described that the qualitative study on Chinese American caregivers examined here confirms this theory to some degree.
The U.S. clinicians had much more depression relative to controls, while Chinese caregivers did not. However, other scholars have indicated that dementia symptoms in Asian or Asian American cultures may often be a source of emba
assment, which may better understand why Korean American adult child caregivers consistently scored on an Anger / indignity scale. Clearly, cu
ent research is limited on Asian American caregivers and it is early to make inferences about the effect of cultural variables on the perception of caregiving amongst Asian American communities.
Multi-Disciplinary Approaches
In clinical practise, an integrated multidisciplinary approach to identifying and managing dementia is strongly advocated because no one healthcare specialty has the ability to deal with the complex spectrum of dementia-related cognitive, physical, social and emotional issues. As mentioned by Chen et al. (2017), Dementia management provides the practising clinician with specific challenges and successful treatment relies on a cohesive team approach. This technique focuses less on traditional medical practise focused on pharmacology and more on the incorporation of treatments across a
oad spectrum of healthcare practitioners and community professionals.
The clinician must recognise the disease mechanisms involved and the clinical appearance of dementia to incorporate this approach successfully and even to consider the perspective of caregiving and the ways; it influences patient care. In order to meet the personal health, social and emotional needs in the sense of their families and communities, the clinician must be informed about the resources, which are available. It may be complex to use a multidisciplinary team approach, but it helps both the patient and the clinician. It enables clinicians to concentrate on the issues greatest research in the field of expertise and it...